Garment-marking machine



Sept. 23 1924.

F. M. LASE-RSON GARMENT MARKING MACHINE Filed Aug. 25 1920 fMEr/MMLMPatented Sept. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK M. LASERSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGNIVLENTS, OF ONE-HALF 'IO LAWRENCE M. STEIN, OF CHICAGO,ILLI- NOIS, AND ONE-HALF TO WADE STEVENSON, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

GARMENT-MARKING MACHINE.

Application filed August 25, 1920. Serial No. 406,010.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. LASER- soN, a citizen of Great Britain,and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- MarkingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment marking machines. Moreparticularly the invention relates to marking machines for marking theposition of pockets, lapels, button holes and the like on garmentsbefore they are sewed. The particular object of the invention is toprovide a marking machine of simple and practical construction anddesign whereby garments may be marked by means of stitches to indicatethe position of pockets and the like as stated above.

Marking machines are known to the art in which the markings are done bymeans of perforations. Such marking is, however, unsuitable for certainfabrics which may be too soft so that perforations do not stay, or whichfabrics may be of a kind in which the perforations show up tooprominently.

It has therefore been proposed to mark garments by sewing a stitch ofthread through layers of fabric at the point desired and thereafter cutthe thread between the layers, or on both sides of each layer, so astoleave a bill} of thread to indicate the desired position.

As stated it is the object of this invention to provide a stitch markingmachine to do the work as aforesaid.

To this end my invention comp-rises a stitch marking machine arrangedand constructed as hereinafter set forth, while reference is had to theaccompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a side view of a stitchmarking machine with parts shown in section.

Fig. '2 is a view of the treadle arrangement for the machine, saidfigure being a continuation of Figure 1. i

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of parts shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the machine shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the machine showing a modification.

Fig. 6 shows the point of the needle used in connection with the machinein Figure 5.

teferring to Figure 1 the reference numeral 1O denotes the working benchor table to which is suitably secured a base plate 11. The bench isapertured as at 12 and in the aperture is secured a needle sleeve 13 tothe top of which a needle guide 1 1: is secured. The screws or bolts andthe like for securing the various parts together are omitted for thesake of clearness. In said needle sleeve moves a plunger 15 which isoperated. from the treadle 16, Fig. 2, by means of suitable treadle rods17 and 18. The lengths of the treadle rods may be adjusted by a clamp 19and bolts 20, 20 as shown. A spring 21 keeps the plunger 15 in inactiveposition. The treadle is pivoted at 22 in afoot 23 in such a manner thatit may be easily lifted out of said foot and laid on the floor toprevent accidental operation of the needle as will be understood.

The plunger 15 carries a needle 25 which is removably secured by a setscrew 26.

On the base plate 11 is mounted a bracket 27 in which is pivoted at 28an arm 29 provided with a handle 30 and a needle throat plate 31 havinga cut out or aperture 32 for observing the mark on the garment. The arm29 carries an adjustable stop 34 adapted to rest upon a yieldingadjustable stop 35 secured. in the bracket 27. 36 is a spring whichtends to raise the stop 35. is a stop on the arm 29. When the arm israised to adjust the work, the stop 45 abuts the bracket 27.

The operation is as follows: First the treadle is depressed suflicientlyto raise the needle 25 above the plate 11 to enable the operator tothread the needle with thread from a spool 40 carried on the bracket 27.Thereafter the needle is lowered. Next the layers of fabric 41 areplaced under the needle throat plate 31 so that the marking on thefabric may be observedthrough the aperture which coincides in verticalalinement with. the needle 25 as will be understood. iVhen the garmentshave been accurately positioned as indicated in dotted lines, the handle30 is depressed to clamp the garments firmly in position, during whichpart of the operation the stop 34 depresses the stop Next the treadle isoperated and the needle forced up through the garments, or in otherwords, the operator sews a stitch through the garments. The handle isthen lifted, the operator catches the end of the thread, the treadle isreleased and the needle descends. The result of this operation is astitch through all the garments at the point which it is desired tomark. Thereafter the thread is cut off from the spool, preferablyadjacent the fabric and after these have been removed, the thread is cutoil on both sides of each layer, this leaving a bit of thread as markingpoint.

Theoperation is very simple and may be expressed as follows: Thread theneedle, position the garment, sew the stitch, catch the top of thethread, withdraw the needle, cut off the thread and remove the garments.

Figure 5 shows a modification in which the needle catches the threadfrom above. In this case a. needle like the one shown in Figure 6 isused. The construction of the machine is similar to the one shown in Figure 1 except that the needle plate preferably is longer and providedwith the needle cut out 51, a thread guide 52 and a thread catch orfastener at 53. The thread 7 5 passes from a spool 54 through a guide55, thence through the guide 52, across the out out 5-1 and istemporarily fastened at 53 as shown. A tension device 50 may be employedto keep the thread taut. The operation is as above described except thatthe needle is not threaded. After the garments have been placed inposition, the treadle is depressed, the needle in Figure 6 is forced upthrough the garments and catches the thread above the latter as it isstretched across the opening at 51. Thereafter the treadle is released,the needle descends with the thread and thus a stitch is sewn throughthe garments. The garments are then lifted and the thread cut offbeneath them and above them and thereafter they are removed.

By adjusting the two stops 34 and 35 the normal position of the arm 29is fixed to accommodate the height of the layer of garments operatedupon.

I claim:

1. In a garment marking machine the combination with a horizontallydisposed work support having a needle opening, of a needle mounted belowthe work support to reciprocate in a vertical plane and to move upwardlythrough said opening and to penetrate said work, and a manuallycontrolled device cooperating with the work support to clamp the worktherebetween during the upward movement of the needle.

2. In a garment marking machine, the combination with a horizontallydisposed work support having a needle opening, of a needle mounted belowthe work support to reciprocate in a vertical plane and to move upwardlythrough said opening and to penetrate said work, a manually controlleddevice cooperating with the work support to clamp the work therebetweenduring the upward movement of the needle, and a needle throat platefixed to said clamping device for cooperation with the needle.

In a garment marking machine, the combination with a horizontallydisposed work support having a needle opening, of a needle mounted belowthe work support to reciprocate in a vertical plane and to move upwardlythrough said opening and to penetrate said work, a spring for normallyretaining the needle below the work support, manually controlled meansfor movin the needle upwardly against the tension 0 said spring, and adevice cooperating with the work support to clamp the work therebetweenduring the upward movement of the needle.

4. In a garment marking machine, the combination with a horizontallydisposed work support having a needle opening, of a needle mounted belowthe work support to reciprocate in a vertical plane and to move upwardlythrough said opening and to penetrate said work, and a manuallcontrolled device cooperating with the wor support to clamp the worktherebetween during the upward movement of the needle, said deviceincluding a lever pivoted at one end at a point remote from the needleto provide a resultant and relatively large space thereunder for thework.

5. In a garment marking machine, the combination with a horizontallydisposed work support having a needle opening, of a needle mounted belowthe work support to reciprocate in a vertical plane and to move upwardlythrough said opening and to penetrate said work, a manually contmlleddevice pivoted to the work support and cooperating with the latter toclamp the work therebetween, and a spring for normally holding saiddevice in an elevated position.

6. The combination of a base, a needle sleeve supported below the same,a plunger in said sleeve, a needle removably held by said plunger, meansfor maintaining the needle in a predetermined inactive position beneaththe said base, a bracket secured to the base, a clamping arm pivoted tosaid bracket above the base, means for maintairr mg said clamping arm ina predetermined position above the base, means for adjusting saidmaintaining means, a handle in said clamping arm, a needle throat platecarried by the latter, said clamping arm being adapted to be operated toclamp garments between said needle throat plate and the said base inpredetermined relationship with respect to the said needle and means foroperating the latter upwards through the said clamped garments and thesaid needle throat plate to mark the said garments with a thread in apredetermined position.

7 The combination with a work bench, a needle sleeve fitted into thesaid bench and depending therefrom, a base plate having a needle guidein alignment with said needle sleeve, a needle movably supported withinsaid sleeve, an operating arm pivoted to said base, a needle throatplate secured to the free end of said operating arm, a handle foroperating said throat plate to clamp the work between said plate and thesaid base, means for operating said needle upwardly through said needleguide and the work and a spring for automatically releasing the needlefrom the work.

8. The combination of a base, a needle, needle supporting and operatingmeans mounted beneath said base, a bracket secured to the latter abovethe same, an arm pivoted to said bracket and extending forwardly overthe said base, a needle throat plate secured to said arm in alignmentwith said needle, an adjustable yielding stop for normally maintainingsaid arm out of contract with said base, means for operating said armand throat plate to clamp the work between the latter and the said baseand means for actuating said needle operating means to drive said needleupwardly through the work and the throat plate and a spring forreturning said needle to normal position below the said base.

9. The combination of a base having an aperture, a needle, needleguiding means located below said base, a bracket secured to said baseabove the same, an arm pivoted to said bracket, a spool of thread on thelatter, means for operating said needle upwardly through the saidaperture in the base for threading said needle from the said spool ofthread, means for automatically returning the threaded needle to normalposition below said base, means pivoted tosaid bracket for clamping thework between said means and the said base, a handle for operating saidclamping means to clamp the work as aforesaid, said needle operatingmeans also serving to operate the threaded needle upwardly through thework to mark the same with a thread for the purpose set forth.

FREDERICK M. LASERSON.

